Overview

Wind-Kin affiliation denotes extended family clan membership and is part of formal naming:

kin-Hanga: of the Wind clan (surface dwellers, weatherworkers)
kin-Moto: of the Fire clan (thermal specialists, day-side workers)
kin-Maji: of the Water clan (water managers, conservationists)
kin-Babu: of the Elder lineage (knowledge keepers, traditional families)
kin-Kivuli: of the Shadow clan (Deepkin, night-side cave dwellers)

The designation is used in formal introductions, ceremonies, official records and negotiations between settlements. It is omitted in daily speech and in most writing.